Lizard,
Isnt' what you're saying now a direct contradiction of what you said earlier? SEE THREAD BELOW... I mean come on... Whatever happened to freedom of expression? In the past, I may have said that some styles are crap, but at least I acknowledge that they have certain qualities... and if someone wants to retain all the crap, that's their business.
In truth, very few modern styles are proven in combat. Masters basically theorize or pass on what they believe to be good techniques. As I've said before, just because your styles founder used this technique centuries ago, doesn't make it gospel... But that's beside the point. The important thing is conceptualizing. My concept of combat is whatever works in a particular situation, works.
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Originally posted by Lizard
I constantly see threads along the lines of "No BJJ is the best MA" "No MT is because its got elbows" "But gracie beat up that MT guy". I'm unlikely to ever fight again, and even if I do, training isn't everything. What about martial arts that are good excersise or are fun to do, or make good sports? TKD improves flexibility, breaking bricks in karate makes you feel powerful, MT is good for cardio-vascular excersise, aikido lets you feel one with the universe. MAs can do more than just teach you to fight. It all depends on what your goal is, if my goal is to learn to chop a melon with a samurai sword, then for me, kendo is much better than BJJ or MT.
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